Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-02-03
LOCAL NEWS.


Hotel business IL good in Lev i-town
Power x Bro. have new line of stovs.
Forty-two below zero yesterday morn
ing.
New supply OF Boots & shoes at Powe
a Bros
Liquid court plaster at the Bosto on Phar
macy.
Go to Power * Bro. tor Quilts rnt
blankets.
Catilenen aud thermometers are low
spirited.
Fine lot Of clothing just received a,
Power A Bros. I
Several parties are gathering ice Tor next
summers use.
Commissioners meet next Monday in
special session.
Stag whist parties are quite frequent
these cold nights.
Geo. Stafford started for White Sulphur
Springs last sunday
Large supply Of furniture and bedding, IA t
T. 6. Power IL Bros store.
County Attorney Smith has returned
to town after on absence of ten days
see advertisement of masquerade ball ri
Maiden Oh Feb. 18th, 1t. Valentino, day
The party la-t Friday evening was largely
attended. Fifty-eisht numbers were sold
Horace Brew ster came over to the dance
last Friday and remained in town until
to-day.
See advertisement IN another column of
mnsque ball On the 22nd. Masks for sale
at DoWitt's.
Mrs. Joseph and Robert Jackson ret urned
home Monday aftern visit ofscveral months
in the States.
our hotel keepers should display "A little
enterprise by purchasing registers. Too
primitive, altogether
This weather has n ,!emoralizin. effect
Thermometers are getting 50 low some
people won't look 1T them.
Tuesday was the wors, day of this very
severe winter, so far. The thermometer
Indicated from 81 to toe below zero, all
day.
IN the ease of James .. Rutherfnrd vs..
The judith Lumherto. judge Toomhs rem
dered Judgment Tor p!aiu.ii Yesterday for
:21G.31.
The man who prgdirt,d Il mid winter
Is entitled To no more respect than the
individual who san. - swcctiy OF atmos-
I,lerc crystals.
\ sleigh load Of young people from the
East Fork who came down to the dance !
were prevented by the SNOW and cold from
returning until Yesterday.
We learn that seab has made It's appear
unce in several sheep bands in this county (
and coupled with the cold weather will /
result IN II considerable loss
\ scheme is ON foot ia abolish the bounty /
on bears. This IS wrong. We wil, not kill
bears or mountain lions for any consider
alton below eight dollars per scalp.
NJ" and then get u mail, which il
rally quite cncour;, sing. when We think of
the many places in Alaska, Siberia or Cen
trail Africa, where they don't get any mails.
II is the opinion 81 some oi our b, 81
plants as larse as the Hudson Mining com
pany'- in Neihart within the next eighteen
months --i.usban,lnlan.
The party who was going 10 deliver us
ZONE wood when we get sle.hng''is prob
ably going Ia wait now until we get way
coming Some men are good harvest
hands in the winter aud first class wood
choppers in the summer.
We are in receipt of the eighth annual re-
r"it of the superintendent Of public in
for the year 1886 submitted by
W. w. Wiley. our efficient school superin-
tendent. which we will notice more fully
when time shall permit US to more thor
oughly examine 10.
The proceedings OF the Boyeman meeting
of the Montana Press Association, being
the second annual meeting, have just been
issued from the River Press Office The
pamphlet contains over thirty pages and
- very handsome piece of work, typo
era phIcaliy, ana n credit to the office tina.
performed the work.
In postscript to private let,erwritten
W non JdH.ts u cf-iis li' sdAs. ! ne SHOW Il
SO deep ON our range that stock is getting
thin and some cattle are dying, mostly
Texans brought in last summer by the Ju-
clith Cattle company. Ii the weather does
not take n favorable turn soon the loss
will be heavy before grass grows.
At the last session Of the supreme court
1T Helena, Walter Matheson, Of Billias-. |
was admitted to practice law in all the
courts Of this territory. Mr. Matleson :
I.racticed law ior several years before com ,
ing to Montana. bat since his residence in
the territory has been gagged in other ,
business. We wish him success in his new ;
departure. !
Our Maiden correspondent speaks Of IA
petition being circulated asking the county
to build "A school house on
Warm Spring creek. The county CONS
have no authority to build school houses.
The only method Of procedure is Ia have
he school board order a special election to
determine whether a school house shall he
built, and ii 81 to vote money for It's CON
81 ruction, to according SER. Is and ll33
y The school law